Definition of VITIATED

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debase, vitiate, deprave, corrupt, debauch, pervert mean to cause deterioration or lowering in quality or character. debase implies a loss of position, worth, value, or dignity. commercialism has debased the holiday vitiate implies a destruction of purity, validity, or effectiveness by allowing entrance of a fault or defect. a foreign policy vitiated by partisanship deprave implies moral deterioration by evil thoughts or influences. the claim that society is depraved by pornography corrupt implies loss of soundness, purity, or integrity. the belief that bureaucratese corrupts the language debauch implies a debasing through sensual indulgence. the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew pervert implies a twisting or distorting from what is natural or normal. perverted the original goals of the institute

Examples of vitiate in a Sentence

The impact of the film was vitiated by poor acting. believed that luxury vitiates even the most principled person

Recent Examples on the Web

But vitiating dual sovereignty by judicial fiat would reshape America’s legal system in ways that are best left to the political branches. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "A Supreme Court Gamble," 5 Dec. 2018 Because labor law only governs things like forming a union and organizing for better wages, anything out of that ambit, like going to court as a class, doesn’t vitiate the workers’ individual arbitration agreements. — Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, "The Supreme Court Has Decided to Shut Workers Out of the Courthouse for Good," 21 May 2018 Pruitt, however, has issued rules that greatly vitiate TSCA’s ability to monitor and regulate the use of chemicals. — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, "How the EPA's Scott Pruitt Became the Most Dangerous Member of Trump’s Cabinet," 8 Feb. 2018 What’s vitiating our politics, in his view, is corruption. — Barton Swaim, WSJ, "Review: Corrupting the Body Politic," 14 Dec. 2017 One is in bondage either to one’s own will, which inevitably vitiates one’s actions, or to the divine will, which makes them truly good. — Marilynne Robinson, New Republic, "The Luther Legend," 12 Dec. 2017 That would vitiate the executive branch’s coequal status and, when combined with Congress’s impeachment power, establish legislative supremacy—a result the Framers particularly feared. — David B. Rivkin Jr. And Lee A. Casey, WSJ, "Can a President Obstruct Justice?," 10 Dec. 2017 Every pardon undercuts a prior judicial decision and vitiates a court’s judgment that the defendant violated a criminal statute and ought to be punished. — Frank Bowman, Slate Magazine, "Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio Is an Impeachable Offense," 26 Aug. 2017 Accepting the plaintiffs’ claims in Jesner would vitiate limits that the Supreme Court has imposed on the law. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Alien Torts Unlimited," 10 Oct. 2017

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